Guess the Top 10 Greatest Phillies

We’re getting close to the end of our 100 Greatest Phillies countdown. The Final 10 will begin to be revealed on St. Patrick’s Day and you have a chance to guess the top 10. If you submit an entry that has all 10 in the correct order you will win an awesome Phillies prize. Make sure you check who’s on the list already.

Fortyb: Hamels was picked. I don’t think Lidge made the list at all. Howard and Utley will be top 20. Burrell is coming up soon, he might be top 20 but I’m thinking he’s going to be like 22. Rollins is top 10 for sure.

I’m curious what criteria Tim is using for selection. It seems quite subjective. I tend to go with James since he’s hard to disagree with. But there are other highly statistical methods for choosing a starting point.

In case anyone is wondering, the Phillies who placed in Bill James’ Top 100 Players of all-time (based on the 2000 edition of his Historical Baseball Abstract) are as follows:

I remember a really interesting article in the Inquirer when the Abreu trade happened showing that in terms of Win shares / 162 games Abreu was actually the 2nd most valuable player in team history, ahead of Schmidt but behind Alexander. That would vault him above more esteemed position mates Gavy Cravath, Johnny Callison, Sam Thompson and Chuck Klein, who themselves should all place in the Top 25. A very good argument could put him in the Top Ten. We’re deep in RF historically, but with no one great player. Maybe Pete Rose.